[The physical diagnosis and treatment of insufficiency of the anterior cruciate ligament].

The role of the anterior cruciate ligament is considered in this work from the standpoints of anatomy and biomechanics. The authors are supporters of early and active operative management of acute injuries of the ligament and chronic instability of the knee joint. To improve early diagnostics of injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament the positional anterior drawer test was developed.

[Stress fractures of the metatarsal bone in sportsmen (Jones' fracture)].

The authors examine the peculiarities of the diagnosis, the clinical course and the roentgenologic manifestations of the fracture of the 5th metatarsal bone, the so-called Jones' fracture, in sportsmen. In this type of injury a good treatment result, i.e.